This is a Jamie Oliver recipe. Well, at least it was until I got my hands on it. Mea culpa. Glanced over the recipe and simply had to cook it up. Okay, so I admit I forgot all about it until I cleaned out my recipe database last week and ran into it again. Put it on my to-do list, tweaked the heck out of it and cooked them up…
Once autumn sets in I start craving Dutch food. Dutch food is no spectacular food, not by a long shot; it’s honest, simple, wholesome, hearty and filling food. Hutspot is one of those dishes I keep craving over and over again. The combination of potatoes, carrots and onions all mashed up, piled high upon a plate and generously drizzled with thick gravy has something so enticing to me. Maybe because…
Slightly odd recipe. Well, maybe not ‘odd’, but the technique I’ve used differs from my other recipes. Yes, that’s the word; different. I had a bunch of flat-leaf parsley that still needed to be used up. I don’t like to throw away food so I figured I’d make something like parsley potatoes with it. Either that or add it to a soup/stew/chicken potpie. The first one usually means skillet-baked potatoes,…
I think I might have created a whole new favorite side dish to go along with fish. At least for my family, that is. It hit all the right spots and we loved every single bite. They’re creamy mashed potatoes, seasoned with a hint of subtle tasting (homemade) pesto rosso, combined with soft leeks and finished off with loads of Parmesan cheese. Need I say more?
One thing I’ve always been jealous of are potlucks. Maybe jealous isn’t the right word; I’m simply in awe of the concept. We don’t have something like that here. The idea of eating with a big group of family or friends, and each person in the group bringing a special dish to be shared among the group, it just sounds like fun. Might even have to set up something…